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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
We all have favourites, wines that always - or very often - bring us something special. It is easy to have expensive favourites (aside from the pain of paying for the bottle), but finding moderately priced treats can be more difficult. One of my favourite wines is the Nicolas Faure Aligoté La …
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The core of baie-par-baie vinification is the pinot caviar: grapes destemmed by hand, berry by berry, with a pair of scissors - leaving the grapes intact with the pedicels in place. It's simple; however, it takes practice, and is seriously time-consuming. I got Pierre-Olivier Garcia, the founder …
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Harvest 2021 is over, and the subsequent celebration opened the gates to a most beautiful rose garden in the form of a magnum of Domaine Garcia Baie-par-Baie Corton 2019. Outstandingly detailed and tantalizing, sensually expressive with loads of floral details (different types of rose), the wines …
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White wines in hot years often carry a lot of weight; the grapes have perhaps had a bit of a harder go in the press, releasing more tannins. This, combined with the nature of Burgundy's southern appellations (Macon and even Rully) can produce some rather imposing and quite tannic wines, as …
Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères is a vineyard producing many different wines, from the elusive and expensive Domaine d'Auvenay to some very small, interesting cuvees from new and exciting producers. One of my favourite wines from the Enseignères vineyard comes from Domaine …
[Read more...] about Terroir Insight: Domaine Thomas-Collardot Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères
